The inner story of a book is the transformation of a person, the main character or narrator, through a series of outer events.  This is...

This week I am teaching about fighting--at a serene writer's retreat on beautiful Madeline Island in Lake Superior.  An odd topic fo...

I'm not a thriller writer.  I've edited thrillers, I've read them, I've taught thriller writers how to structure and ref...

I just spent ten days at a cabin on a lake, high in the mountains, and I didn't work on my novel.  I intended to.  I brought my lapt...

Is your manuscript, chapter, scene reader ready?  How do you know when it's time to share it?  Are you just looking for feedback beca...

Years ago, in a fiction class, a writer was defending his work.  "It really happened," he kept insisting to the feedback group...

A Twitter post from well-known novelist Joanne Harris, became a funny-wise commentary on what people think about writers, published recen...

A writer from New York emailed me:  "I'm learning how to create from who I am, show up and connect to readers," she said. ...

Tomorrow I will be at one of my favorite writing havens--the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis--teaching a room full of writers about ...

Good discussion this week in one of my online writing classes:  Bored with her story, a writer asked:  "How do I keep my own intere...